A BIRTHDAY cake for HRH The Prince of Wales was created at Duchy Originals in Launceston on Tuesday by the winner of the 'Cake Fit For The Prince' competition.

Duchy Originals, the organic and sustainable food company established by HRH The Prince Of Wales and which donates its profits to charity, this week announced the winner of the competition to create 'A Cake Fit For The Prince'  for his 60th birthday.

Entries for the competition were received from all over Cornwall from children aged between four and ten whose culinary creativity knew no bounds.  Duchy Originals gathered a top panel of foodies including its very own head pastry chef Dan Zackey and Master Chocolatier William Curley, to judge the outpouring of gorgeous ideas for the perfect birthday cake.

Winner Hailee McColl, a five year old pupil from St Petrocs CE Primary School, Bodmin created a very colourful and eyecatching design of a vanilla and chocolate tractor cake which she sent to the organizers with a detailed illustration of what the finished creation should look like. 

Together with her school, she visited The Duchy Originals Bakery in Launceston on Tuesday to help head pastry chef Dan Zackey create her cake — which was baked with all organic ingredients — in time for HRH The Prince Of Wales's big day tomorrow (Friday).

Judge, Master Chocolatier William Curley said: "We received a fantastic response and it was an extremely hard decision to choose the winner. In the end we decided that Hailee's entry particularly stood out due to the thought and creativity that had gone into her stunning cake and its design, however I must say that all of the designs were very impressive."

The runners up, which included such original and delicious suggestions as an apple and blueberry crown featuring the Duchy of Cornwall and a colourful field and a vanilla and apple cake showing The Prince of Wales watering his plants, will have their designs showcased on the Duchy Originals website during The Prince's 60th year.